Governor-elect Jeff Landry holds a press conference at 10 AM today in Lafayette as he provides new transition updates. Yesterday he announced 14 transition councils and their chairs. Heading up his criminal and public safety council are 18th Judicial District Attorney Tony Clayton and New Orleans attorney and former prosecutor Laura Rodrigue. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Clayton and Rodrigue are on the front-lines in the battle against crime…
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The I-10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge which connects Acadiana to the Baton Rouge area is 50 years old, and Deidra Druilhet with the department of transportation says constructing the well known bridge was no small feet, due to the remoteness of the structure. She says before the 18-mile bridge could go up, they had to build canals…
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The bridge also required 174 miles of piling and 170 miles of pre-stressed concrete girders.

A recent Bankrate Survey finds a majority of working Americans support a 4-day work week. Bankrate Analyst Sarah Foster says Gen Z and Millennial workers are willing to sacrifice more to get the shorter week than Gen X and Baby Boomers
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Recent ADP data finds 12-percent of U-S workers say their employer is offering a four-day work.

We flip the calendar to November today which means the hurricane season is basically over for the Gulf Coast. State Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s never been a landfall of a named storm in Louisiana in November. Keim says the weather pattern at this time of year usually directs storms to the east of us…
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Governor-elect Jeff Landry has announced his 14 transition councils and their chairs. The incoming governor will have councils on agriculture, the coast, crime, economic development, healthcare and K-through-12 education to name a few. Political Analyst Bernie Pinsonat says Landry also has a council specifically dedicated to New Orleans and well-know ship-builder Boysie Bollinger is the chair…
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Landry has a press conference today at 10 AM in Lafayette.

A recent survey from Bankrate finds 83-percent of 18 to 42-year-olds prefer a four-day work week and to make it happen they are willing to take a pay cut, give up remote work and….
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That’s Bankrate analyst Sarah Foster.

We’re seeing temperatures below freezing for areas north of I-20 this morning and expect high temperatures to climb into the mid 50s for north and central Louisiana. Low 60s in south Louisiana. Much of the state is under a freeze warning for tonight into tomorrow morning.

For all practical purposes, the 2023 hurricane season is over in Louisiana because a storm has never made landfall here in November. Brooke Thorington has more….
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Governor-elect Jeff Landry has announced his 14 transition councils and their chairs. There are councils on agriculture, the coast, economic development, energy, infrastructure, education and workforce development. That’s standard for every incoming governor. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says it’s interesting he has a council devoted just to New Orleans…
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Landry has appointed New Orleans resident and Chairman of Bollinger Shipyards Boysie Bollinger as the chairman of the New Orleans council.

It’s November first and it looks like the 2023 hurricane season has spared Louisiana. State Climatologist Barry Keim…
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It’s the second straight year the Bayou State did not have any tropical activity after active seasons in 2020 and 21.

A recent Bankrate Survey finds a surging demand for a four-day work week and younger generations are ready to make major sacrifices. Colleen Crain has more…
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